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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Florianopolis or The Hague?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’s own page.

Choose The Hague for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Florianopolis 85, The Hague 38: Florianopolis leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, The Hague 48: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, The Hague 38: Florianopolis leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, The Hague 52: Florianopolis leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, The Hague 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis and The Hague are level on 45.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and The Hague.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisThe Hague
Official languagePortugueseDutch
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m1 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisThe Hague
City population587,486548,320
People per km²8705,589
Museums within 10 km1154
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.